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November 25, 2009


AV Club Names Best Comics Of ‘00s

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The comics review panel at AV Club, whose best-known member in comics is probably Noel Murray, has released its list of best comics for the decade. Split into categories for new comics and for archival projects, they are:

NEW COMICS
* Achewood, Chris Onstad (achewood.com, 2001-present)
* The Acme Novelty Library, Chris Ware (Pantheon, 2005)
* All-Star Superman, Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely (DC, 2006-08)
* American Elf, James Kochalka (americanelf.com/Top Shelf, 1998-present)
* Asterios Polyp, David Mazzucchelli (Pantheon, 2009)
image* Black Hole, Charles Burns (Pantheon, 2005)
* Blankets, Craig Thompson (Top Shelf, 2003)
* Box Office Poison, Alex Robinson (Top Shelf, 2001)
* Criminal, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Icon, 2006-present)
* Daredevil, Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev (Marvel, 2002-06)
* DC: The New Frontier, Darwyn Cooke (DC, 2003-04)
* Eightball #23 ("The Death Ray"), Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics, 2004)
* Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin, 2006)
* George Sprott, 1894-1975, Seth (D&Q, 2009)
* Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography, Chester Brown (D&Q, 1999-2003)
* One Hundred Demons, Lynda Barry (Sasquatch, 2002)
* Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon, 2000)
* Promethea, Alan Moore & J.H. Williams III (America's Best Comics/Wildstorm, 1999-2005)
* Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea, Guy Delisle (D&Q, 2006)
* Tales Designed To Thrizzle, Michael Kupperman (Fantagraphics, 2005-present)
* The Golem's Mighty Swing, James Sturm (D&Q, 2000)
* The Goon, Eric Powell (Dark Horse, 1999-present)
* The Mystery Of Mary Rogers, Rick Geary (NBM, 2001)
* Why Are You Doing This? , Jason (Fantagraphics, 2004)
* Y: The Last Man, Brian K. Vaughan (Vertigo, 2002-2008)

THE ARCHIVES
* Bone One-Volume Edition, Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books, 2004)
* Krazy & Ignatz, George Herriman (Fantagraphics, 2002-present)
* Sundays With Walt & Skeezix, Frank King (Sunday Press, 2007)
* The Complete Peanuts, Charles M. Schulz (Fantagraphics, 2004-present)
* The EC Archives, various (Gemstone, 2006-present)

Sean Collins disagrees

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